By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor The following is an excerpt about credentials of what makes a ballplayer. It comes from a longtime baseball executive from the Bronx who played ball at the Allerton ball fields and attended Christopher Columbus High […]
News From TOPPS As 20 commissioned popular artists across the world continue to re-imagine 20 iconic cards from the past 70 years in the Topps Company’s “Project 2020,” the first numbers are in, and with three Mike Trout cards and three of Derek […]
By William Coppola: Contributor Bronx Chronicle Sports Peter Alonso has landed in the perfect place to showcase who he is as a big league ballplayer. Only in New York and particularly as a Met could this happen. Jon Updike, the scout who signed him obviously saw the […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Jimmy Glenn was associated with boxing as a cut man and trainer. You knew Jimmy, he welcomed you as family. You didn’t know him and that did not matter. You see he was an original. […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor “They want to play but there are obstacles” That quote comes from a high ranking baseball official when asked about the potential or any start to the 2020 MLB season. He speaks with MLB […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor No sports and isolation. And for a sports journalist there is that adjustment of a different routine. If life was normal at this time a routine would be packing the bag with another day or […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Like you, I am starving to see baseball. I miss the crack of the bat and sound of the crowd as a home run is hit out of the yard. From a personal perspective there is […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor The fight to overcome the Coronavirus is ongoing and by no means are we out of the woods. For the sport of boxing the fight continues as promoters are in a holding pattern and many […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Youth sports is also feeling the hurt of the Coronavirus pandemic in New York and suburban areas of the country. Little League Baseball operations have been suspended until further notice and other organized sports leagues […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Ray Negron, the former Yankees batboy, and longtime history with the team, introduced yours truly to Hank Steinbrenner in early June of 2016. It was at the Ferry Point Golf course in the Bronx on […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor On this Easter Sunday my blessings to all. Many know others who have lost loved ones or have been ill in this time of crisis. My longtime colleague and friend from the Bronx wrote this […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Logistics say that Major League Baseball games being played in Arizona will be difficult to save the 2020 season. In other words this is complicated towards gearing for a June 1 start. Lets be realistic […]
By William Coppola: Contributor Bronx Chronicle Sports Today a friend of mine wrote to me: “Remember when I said there are no longer any facts? That now “there are two sides to every story?” Well, I couldn’t sleep last night, so […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Ed Kull, who has served as the Senior Director of Development and Senior Associate Athletic Director at Fordham for the past three years, was named interim athletic director at Fordham University it was announced today […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Fordham University Director of Athletics David Roach, who has served in collegiate athletics for 45 years, announced his retirement today effective June 30, 2020. “After much thought and reflection, I have decided to retire at […]
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